Incollect Magazine - Issue 2

2022 Incollect Magazine 57 contraction in the available inventory but also a steady increase in the prices. Investors have also moved into the market. “I think when a little LaVerne center table sold at auction at Sotheby’s in 2021 for $94,500 a lot of people began to take notice. I certainly got a rush of calls! It was like a wake-up call to the market as to the prices of what these pieces can go for.“ Donzella believes the overall market valuation for LaVerne is One-of-a-kind “Strategy” cocktail table from the “Fantasia” series, freeform shape with a massive presence. Torched top and sgraffito effect pattern on all sides, rests on casters. Signed on top, circa 1978. Recently sold by Donzella. “Wave Crest”” studio made cocktail table. Abstract bronze form with an overall textured bronze surface, created by meticulously dripping solder over the surface of the piece, a technique rarely used by the LaVernes. Created in 1972, this piece shows the progression towards abstraction that marks their later work. Photo courtesy Donzella. still in its infancy. “In the grand scheme of things, it’s really a very new market,” Donzella says. “While it’s been a constant for quite some time, I believe it has really yet to fully break through and will only continue to go up in value and desirability. The pieces are so well made and bronze work has always been very highly valued in the design world. I believe the rarest works by these artists are poised to go through the roof during our lifetime.”